long, rectangular leather covered cushion; hand seamed on each end and one side. leather loops on each corner. painted geometric decoration on both sides (checks, diamonds, 'X's, zigzags and triangles) in sepia on natural leather. sewn together with black thread on 2 sides. crude stitching on closure end.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Shewa province (historical region), Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Shoa Province, Gurage
Culture or time period:
Fuge and Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Hair (material), Leather, Paint (coating), and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
household; used when reclining on the floor. Made for the collectors (the Shacks).